[Daniel] Day 20: Getting Back on Task (open tag)

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With things more or less, back to normal, Daniel resumed the briefing minus a few additional bodies. He knew that Molly was tending to Tara, and that May and Chris had presumably gone in that direction as well. Rodney was working on finding a way to dampen down Tara and hopefully the Doctor would be able to provide assistance in that endeavor as well. Faith was assigned to Isabel duty and he trusted that Molly and Chris would be able to keep an eye on May. As helpful as the young woman and the Winchester boys had been thus far, he still wasn't ready to lower his guard completely.

"So, who wants to go back to the beach and who wants to drop in on Camp Serenity?" Daniel asked. They'd made watch rotas, decided on whom was going to take inventory of what rooms and how to reorganize. A preliminary claim to rooms had been made, although there were still some rooms free and empty, and some people were indecisive. By unspoken, but somehow mutual decision, Daniel, the Doctor, Blaise, Jon and Locke had decided that the four new arrivals – Dean, Sam, May and Isabel – would not be left alone until they were sure of them. The Doctor had implied in last night's meeting in the control room that the first three so far hadn't seemed to lie to them and seemed trustworthy, but better to err on the side of caution. Once they delved into DHARMA's computer files, they'd have more information.

"It would probably be a good idea to send the jeep to the beach, and take advantage of more … extraordinary means … to get to Serenity," Daniel added. "I'm sure that people will want some of their personal items brought back from the beach and the caves, and the jeep has cargo space."

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[McKay] All Hell Pt. 2 (open tag)

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Rodney was out of the kitchen, down the corridor, and began to make his way towards the office and the equipment there. Schematics... where were they? The lights turned on, the lead researcher was just beginning to settle in to the desk there when the gunshots went off. His head jerked up, and rising from his seat, reached towards where a pistol would be, if he had one (and a holster), and finding that he did not, paused.

Gun.
Unarmed.
Brilliant scientist.

Still, there were others, and reacting more on instinct than on self-preservation (which will certainly come later), McKay bolted out of the office and headed down the corridor back towards the kitchen at a speed that one sees only rarely.

No more shots. But the screaming?

Re: [Aiden] Reacting (open tag)

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She had her back to the door, never saw it coming. But she hit the deck with the first shot and stayed down, analyzing her options. No service weapon, maybe she could get behind him and whack him over the head with something, frying pan maybe? She thought, peering around the counter she was hiding behind.

Then Ripley took him down and she was up, going for the dropped gun. All her nerves jumped as something burned her as she went past. No, not burn, splash. Something acidic.

She fought through the pain as she picked up the discarded gun and aimed it at Boone, not that it looked like there was going to be much left of him. He was down but she didn't even think about trying to get close enough to check his vitals. Not with Ripley going all wild kingdom. Aiden was cute but not stupid.

She hissed in pain as the acidic substance she hadn't yet identified burn her skin. But she didn't scream Stars past her eyes, she fought the urge to pass out.